we had one that escaped and didn't see it for days. Somehow it survived, kept leaving small handful of food on floor at night just incase! Night time is obviously best time to hear it/see it. Just remember IF you pull chairs out to looks underneath. make sure you lift hem to avoid the dreaded chair wheels across hamsters spine trick! Also be very careful opening doors ;p

edit: same goes for piles of laundry! (found ours inside the leg of a pair of trousers)

3rd May 2010

Borrow a friends cat and let it hunt :thumbsup:

Banned
3rd May 2010

get milo to sniff it out!

3rd May 2010

lost one when I was little, found it 2 years later behind the fireplace :-(:cry:

3rd May 2010

have you tried calling it ??? lol

Original Poster3rd May 2010

michelleleemoo;8514654

lost one when I was little, found it 2 years later behind the fireplace … lost one when I was little, found it 2 years later behind the fireplace :-(:cry:

ewwwwwwww,

Original Poster3rd May 2010

underthestairs;8514657

have you tried calling it ??? lol

dosent know its name yet only had it for 2 days

SuperEd
3rd May 2010

underthestairs;8514657

have you tried calling it ??? lol

:-D hereeeeeeee hammy hammy hammy :-D

3rd May 2010

Ours used to hide behind the cooker. It will come out soon, just don't leave the front or back door open.

3rd May 2010

checked the toilet...probs went for a swim

Banned
3rd May 2010

are you going to delete this thread before mum gets home

3rd May 2010

They will hide somewhere warm and dark, the thing is their bones are that bendy they can squeeze into the tiniest of spaces.

3rd May 2010

The other year our neighbours hamster got out, ended up in my kitchen, came via the old boiler cupboards, anyways we managed to catch it in a tub and take it through, they were amazed as he had been missing for 2 weeks, was probably have a good old time with himself with all the crumbs the weans leave about.

Banned
3rd May 2010

LOL.do you have any other pets?IFSO CHOMPSE CHOMPSE TIME

3rd May 2010

We lost one for days, found it in the kitchen cupboard eaing dog biscuits.

Then another one got out and found it asleep in the corner of a bedroom, it had ripped up the carpet and used the strands to make a bed.

3rd May 2010

look underneath the sofa's - if it's chewed through the bottom and got inisde you've had it ..

look in nice warm places ( possibly with some sort of stuffing or bedding material )

Banned
3rd May 2010

leave the cage open, on the floor, with a ramp up to the door, it will want to come back home to food and drink and sleep

leave all your inside doors open, and in the night, when its quiet, it can smell its cage and go home

3rd May 2010

pinkleponkle;8514782

We lost one for days, found it in the kitchen cupboard eaing dog … We lost one for days, found it in the kitchen cupboard eaing dog biscuits. Then another one got out and found it asleep in the corner of a bedroom, it had ripped up the carpet and used the strands to make a bed.

Yep ours was eventually found under a unit but it had done a lovely crop circle in the middle of the carpet to use as bedding, bastuard. Cannot move furniture round in that room, otherwise it exposes it.

FFS, don't leave food out for it....unless you want it to remain free forever ?

Get a guinea pig, a lot bigger and more sociable and you don't have to keep them inside :-D

3rd May 2010

:giggle::giggle:

3rd May 2010

I say walk around with a heavy stomp. eventually you'll find it...if your not into that kinda thing then just lure it back to the cage by putting food near it and be patient.